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MUL1010 Music AppreciationWritten Assignment #2: A Night
at the Opera
Instructions:
1. Listen to three (3) arias in the
Connect4Eduction
OnMusic Appreciation, 4th edition, eText, under
Discover Music List
:
a. Puccini’s “E Lucevan le stelle” from
Tosca
b. Bizet’s “Habanera” from
Carmen
c. Adam’s “News has a Kind of Mystery” from
Nixon in China
2. Complete the
Opera
table below.
3. Use Microsoft Word and run a spell check/grammar check
(under the “Review” menu in Word).
4. Correct grammar and spelling will be part of your grade.
5. Then copy and paste your assignment into the Assignment
Drop Box (not the "Comments" Box.)
6. All written assignments will run through SafeAssign,
Blackboard's plagiarism checking tool. Be sure to paraphrase
appropriately.
7. See the Rubric for how your grade will be determined. See
Calendar for due date.
Opera
“E Lucevan le stelle”
(Puccini),
“Habanera”
(Bizet),
“News has a Kind of Mystery”
(Adams) &
Discuss Similarities and Differences
Tempo
(slow, medium, fast, dance-like?)
Unity
that you hear in timbre (instrumentation), tempo, dynamics
(loud or soft)
Variety
you hear like changes in timbre (instrumentation), tempo,
dynamics (loud or soft)
Lyrics
(What story, if any, is told by lyrics each artist sings?)
Voice quality
(Use adjectives to describe the different timbre of each singer’s
voice.)
Rhythm
(Does the song have a clear pulse or beat? Is there
syncopation?)
Other
(What else comes to mind as you listen to this music?)Can you
think of a modern artist or song that may have been influenced
by each vocalist or each style? What similarities are apparent?

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